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HubSpot Co-Founder and Chairman Brian Halligan on SaaS Markets, Board Meetings, and AI’s Impact

SaaStr

” The SaaS Market Has Turned a Corner According to Brian, who sees the market through multiple lenses as HubSpot’s Chairman and through his role at Sequoia Growth and Propeller VC, the SaaS downturn that dominated 2022-2023 ended recently. “It felt like we came out of the recession in Q3 of 2024,” Brian noted.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower SaaS

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. After all, that’s what tech innovation is all about. After all, that’s what tech innovation is all about. The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation.

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The 250,000 Customer Club: How HubSpot and Monday.com Both Created SMB+ Empires

SaaStr

Both have also evolved from different roots (marketing for HubSpot, team management for Monday) to now have CRMs as their core. The HubSpot Journey: From Inbound Marketing to Complete CRM+ Platform HubSpot began with an idea in 2006: to own the inbound marketing space.

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How M&A Fosters Innovation

Tom Tunguz

If a supermajority of acquirers in purchasing potential are sidelined, the urgency to innovate is lessened. That’s why a vibrant M&A market is essential to innovation. However, these types of regulatory gymnastics are not worth it for every transaction & they are now facing regulatory scrutiny.

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The Problem with Product Market Fit (and What to Use Instead)

Speaker: Daniel Elizalde - Product Executive and Advisor

There is a big problem with the term "product market fit." Launching successful products requires a rare combination of market understanding, iterative development, and a lot of luck. Ask ten people to define PMF and you’ll get ten different answers. All of them are useless because they are not actionable.

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How SaaStr Fund-Backed RevenueCat Went from a $1.5M Round at $7M Valuation in 2018 to $500M+ Today

SaaStr

After launching out of Y Combinator in 2018, RevenueCat quickly hit product-market fit. Market Expansion: The mobile subscription market exploded during COVID. Market Timing: Sometimes the best companies are built during inflection points (mobile subscriptions, AI boom, app store policy changes).

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Scaling 6 Products to $100M+ ARR Each: Samsara’s CPO Kiren Sekar on Multi-Product Growth

SaaStr

The Journey: From WiFi to IoT Fleet Management Sekar’s journey began unexpectedly when he joined Meraki (founded by MIT researchers Sanjit Biswas and John Bicket) to help them figure out marketing and sales “from first principles.” When it’s unhealthy, slow down and fix the underlying issues before accelerating.

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Navigating the Product Tightrope: Balancing Innovation and Current User Demands

Speaker: Jason Brett - Founder & Chief Product Officer, Product Coffee

In today's rapidly evolving market, product managers face the challenge of driving innovation while also meeting the needs and expectations of their existing user base. This webinar aims to equip you with strategies and insights to successfully navigate this delicate balancing act.

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3 Ways Innovators Can Capitalize on Embedded Payments

They risk losing a source of stable, low-cost deposits and non-interest revenue market share, but don’t be fooled. Software companies are looking, feeling, and acting more like merchant services providers. This can be sobering for financial institutions – for good reason. FIs still have crucial roles to play.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks.

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5 Tips to Advance Your Career as a Technical Recruiter

Just as the tech industry revolves around innovation, so does technical recruiting. Market trends that’ll increase your response rate. Modern recruiters must commit to actively adapting and advancing their hiring strategies to advance their careers by attracting top candidates in a competitive landscape.

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Embedded BI and Analytics: Best Practices to Monetize Your Data

Speaker: Azmat Tanauli, Senior Director of Product Strategy at Birst

By creating innovative analytics products and expanding into new markets, more and more companies are discovering new potential revenue streams. But how do you identify these potentially profitable areas, and what can you do to take advantage of them?

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Cloud-Based Solutions: The Sky Is the Limit for Retail Success

Speaker: Ryan Bryers, SVP of Global Engineering

This exclusive webinar with Ryan Bryers will explore the pivotal role of cloud solutions in driving innovation and how they improves the pace, reliability, and predictability of solutions supported by automation. It's about unlocking unparalleled flexibility and driving business agility. Save your seat today!

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Usage-Based Monetization Musts: A Roadmap for Sustainable Revenue Growth

Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O'Neill Stoll

💬 Customer-Centric Metrics: Discover hot to align sales and marketing efforts with real usage insights to deepen customer engagement. 💰 Redefining Incentives: Explore innovative approaches to incentivize sales based on ongoing customer usage and value.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.